Atul Vashistha is the CEO of Neo Advisory (formerly neoIT), a leading management consultancy focused on offshore and global sourcing of services. He is a leading authority on globalization and outsourcing and was recently recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of the "Top 6 IT Power Brokers". Wall street analysts, Global 2000 executives and top business journalists from CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Forbes and Business Week seek out his thought leadership. His personal passion is to help improve developing economies and business models around the globe.

Atul is an acknowledged and frequently published authority in the unique requirements of the global services and offshore market. Atul's unique education, business experience and understanding of the global sourcing practices provides a unique advantage for his clients. His contributions span from a Fortune 50 senior leadership experience to the unique challenges of a fast growth start-up company. Earlier in his career while at Rural/Metro, Atul developed methodologies for the vision, planning and change management required to successfully build global firms. This has led him to evaluate and conduct due diligence on numerous firms including technology, outsourcing and services firms in over 20 countries globally. During his tenure with Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) as Senior Vice President of International, he led, assisted and managed the international operations of the Fortune 25 company. Led by Atul and his seasoned team, Cardinal expanded profitable operations to Australia, New Zealand, Spain, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and other global locations. More importantly, his time around the globe allowed him to earn the admiration and respect of global CEOs, business leaders and government officials.

Atul is a strong proponent of globalization and disruptive technologies. He serves on the Board of Advisors at the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University. Atul is also an active Board member of the Software division of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).

Atul has been recognized as a leading businessperson "40 Under 40" in the East Bay, California and Southern Arizona and as an outsourcing leader by HRO Today. Atul is also a member of the Young President Organization (YPO) Northern California chapter and serves on the Board of Directors of non-profit Rural Sourcing Inc., Arkansas.

His opinions are valued by media groups such as CNN, ABCNews, CNBC, ITAA, SIG, Enterprise, OWS, BangaloreIT, Intermedia, HRO World, IT Report and others global organizations. He has been published in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Economist, CIO, Silicon India, Internet World and Wired. He is currently co-writing a book on the offshore services mega-trend and its economic and human impact on nations and firms.

Atul began his career in the healthcare segment of the outsourcing industry. After school, he joined a 48-year old healthcare services company, Rural/Metro. There, Atul played a very pivotal role in helping grow this $50 million company into a $500 million company in less than six years. He progressed through the ranks quickly, and left the company as the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. The next opportunity pursued was at Cardinal Health. Atul led their international businesses and helped establish the infrastructure needed to successfully run global operations. The thirst to fundamentally change a business model led Atul to found neoIT with Avinash Vashistha in June 1999.